Скачать или смотреть Media and Power in the Asia-Pacific with a Focus on Japan and China

The Asia-Pacific region hosts a diverse range of political systems and perspectives, and complex international relations. Similarly, there is diversity in media and political communications systems of this sector. While there are certainly key differences in how the media functions within countries in this region, state power in any country has an interest in exerting influence, if not control, over the news media, depending on the level of democracy and media freedoms legally allowed. In the case of Japan, for example, which maintains a democratic political system and a vibrant private media ecosystem, ostensible freedom of the press does not necessarily mean freedom from powerful influence by the political and economic elites of the country. Projections of power cross borders as well: the Asia-Pacific is a region in which relations between countries can be tense and one that is marked by a complex web of relations and rivalries. In this environment, governments in each country work to strengthen media narratives that are perceived to serve their national interests. This panel will discuss the relationship between the media and power in the Asia-Pacific region, in both domestic and international arenas, with a focus on Japan and China specifically. Two presentations will focus on domestic media-state relations in Japan, and one will concentrate on states utilising media narratives from a regional perspective.

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Panellists Azusa Iwane, Sonja Viktorija Anić, and Shuqi Wang speak on a panel moderated by Professor Virgil Hawkins (IAFOR & Osaka University, Japan) speak at the joint IAFOR conferences on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2024) and Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2024) in Kyoto, Japan.

The 5th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2024)
https://kyoto-amc.iafor.org

The 15th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2024)
https://mediasia.iafor.org

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